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WE BELIEVE...
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In the verbal inspiration of the Scriptures, both the Old and the New
Testament. (2 Timothy 3:16 & 2 Peter 1:21)
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Our God is a trinity in unity, manifested in three persons of one individual
essence, who are co-equal, co-existent and co-eternal; namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit. (Matthew 3:16, 17; Matthew 28:18, 19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; John 1:1, 2, 18; Philippians 2:6;
Hebrews 9:14; John 14:26; 15:26; John 10:33)
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In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless
life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in
His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
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That regeneration by the Holy Spirit for the salvation of lost and sinful
men is essential through faith in the shed blood of Christ. The sanctification is a definite, yet
progressive, work of grace, commencing to the time of regeneration and continuing until the consummation
of salvation. (Hebrews 13:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:2; Ephesians 5:26; 1 Corinthians 6:11;
John 17:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:23)
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In water baptism of immersion for believers only, which is a direct
commandment of our Lord, in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19)
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In the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, received subsequent to the new birth,
with the evidence of speaking in other tongues, as the Spirit gives utterance. Matthew 3:11; John 14:16,
17; Acts 1:8; 2:4, 38, 39; 10:44-48)
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That divine healing is provided for the atonement and is available to all
who truly believe. (Mark 16:18; James 5:14,15)
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In the dedication of children, in the marriage of one biologically born man
and one biologically born woman, and in the Lord’s supper as means of grace.
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In the premillennial second coming of Jesus: first, to resurrect the
righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to meet Him in the air; and, second, to reign on the
earth a thousand years. (1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17; Revelation 20:6)
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In the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are
saved unto the resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation. (Matthew
25:41-46)
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